Management and Organizations in the Chinese Context / Edition 1

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Overview

This book encompasses the latest thinking on management and organisations in China's transitional economy. It examines key topics in areas including the reform of state enterprises, management of international joint ventures, business networks and guanxi, and Chinese organizational behaviour. With contributions from some world - renowned scholars on China, theoretical and empirical chapters based on major research projects and perspectives from leading business executives, this volume provides a forum for discussing some of the most important and current research in this field.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780312228415
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	04/13/2000
Edition description:	2000
Pages:	359
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.04(d)

About the Author

J. T. Li is Wei-Lun Fellow in Strategic Management and Co-Director of the Hang Lung Center for Organizational Research, Anne S. Tsui is Professor and Head of the Department of Management of Organizations, and Elizabeth Weldon is Associate Professor of Management, all at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

Table of Contents

Introduction & Overview
• Management and Organizations in China--John Child
• China's Transitional Economy--Andrew G. Walder
• Paternalistic Leadership in Chinese Societies--Jiing-Lih Farh & Bor-Shiuan Cheng
• Control and Performance in Sino-Foreign Equity Joint Ventures--Pien Wang, Yunye Zhi & Kong Yam Tan
• Operating Modes and Performance--Mark Cannice & John Daniels
• International Business Negotiation in the Chinese Context--Xinping Shi & Robert I. Westwood
• Guanxi in the Chinese Context--Anne S. Tsui, Jiing-Lih Farh & Katherine R. Xin
• Guanxi and the Dynamics of Overseas Chinese Entrepreneurial Behavior in Southeast Asia--John E. Butler, Brad Brown & Wai Chamornmarn
• Teamwork in China--Xiangming Chen, James W. Bishop & K. Dow Scott
• Choice of Influence Tactics--Haifa Sun & Michael H. Bond
• Productivity Cultures and Competition in the Global Marketplace---Marshall W. Meyer
• Overseas Chinese Management Style--Ronnie Chan
• Doing Business in China--Lily Chiang
• Strategic Management--William Overholt
• Conclusions--J. T. Li & Anne S. Tsui